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Match Safe,

No 102.828. Patented May-10, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 102,828, dated May 10, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same forms the back of the box, and also a plate to set against the wall, and said invention consists in providing a loop upon said plate to receive a tongue upon the box for holding or connecting the two together, and, -to keep said box more securely and tightly to place, I form a projection upon the back plate, taking a recess in the tongue of the box. I leave an opening in the back plate, so that the loop may be cast with said plate without the necessity and expense of a core.

In the drawing-- Figure 1 is an elevation of the back plate, matchsafe, and receptacle for waste matches, as in position foruse, and

' Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.

The back plate a, to set against the wall or support, is to be of the desired size and ornamental shape, and provided with the screw-holes b I).

The ledges old, for receiving the sides of the boxes h i, as also the'loops e e, for the tongues f f of said boxes, are to be cast with the said back plate a, and, to avoid the necessity and expense of a core in casting tbe'said loops *e c with the back plate, I Ieavethe openings 1 I through said plate behind the loops.

The box h or i is cast with the sides, front, and bottom portions, and also with the plate or tongue 1, that extends from said bottom portion, and said tongue passes behind the loop 0, and keeps said box firmly in place.

"As an additional means of holding the box h in place, and preventing its separating from the plate ,a in handling, 1- east upon said plate a aprojection, m, and form a recess in the back of the tongue f to takeover said projection the slight spring of the metal tongue will allow of this, and said projection will act to force the' edges of the box against the plate a, and keep the same securely in-place.

- The box h is to be used for matches, and-the box i 'for the burned ends.

My improved match-safe is very cheap, as the parts composing the same are of cast metal, and require no hand-labor in fitting after being cast. I

By placing the box c below the box h, I am enabled to employ a box of sulficient length to allow the matches to lie horizontally, which is a great conven .ience, and. there is no risk of taking a burnt match instead of a fresh one, as is frequently the case where the matches are in boxes'placed side by side, as here tofore.

I claim as my invention 1. The match-safe, made with a back plate, a, and loop 0, to receive the tongue f of the box, as and for the purposes specified.

2. The smaller box t for the burnt ends, attached" to the back plate a belowthe match-box h, as and for Witnesses:

E. A. DURAND, CHARLES Ivns. 

